Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-01-05

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heard the measured step of those who
mourn the departure of the faithful public
servant, the honorable private citizen, The
abiding friend, the devoted husband end
loving father. Only those are thus hon.
ored at this shrine of the republic whose
virtues, whose services, whose tai
ents, have secured for them the
distinguished position CT senator Of the
United States. Death is no stranger to
this place OF supreme legislation. Six times
eince 1859, when this chamber was frat oc.
cupied, has he thrown his shadow here.
Here rested in peace Senator Hicks, OF
Ma yland, here lay the form of Foote OF
Vermont, once the presiding officer of the
Senate; here was laid the majestic 1rm OF
Sumner, learned, eloquent, philanthropic;
hence wac borne by friendly hands, Will
son who came forth from obscurity to
occupy the second place in the government
Of free people; and but as yesterday we
stood here around the bier of Miller, pat
riot and soldier, who sleeps in peace in the
state he loved so well. And where else than
here, in this place OF honor, the ar ena OF
his greatestservices and triumphs, where he
displayed his eminent talents in statesman
ship, where he was respected by all for the
purity of his Intentions, the ardor of his
patriotism, the courage of his convictions,
the power CT his logic, and his unselfish de-
votion to the public good-where else than
here should Logan be honored with the
rites OF burial?
His was an honorable parentage. His
fathers genius and his mothers beauty
blended in sweet harmony to bless his
childhood. Irish brilliancy and Scotch
solidity combined in his temperament,
while he stood forth the true American and
the
TYPICAL MAN OF THE WEST
OF whom his nation is justly proud. From
them he inherited his splendid physique,
his eapacious intellect and his loyal, LOVING,
generous heart. In that Christian home
his young intellect was developed, and his
young heart was taught that divine re-
igion from which It never wavered; and
when the homestead was broken up, all he
claimed and all he took was the old family
ible.
OF his power in the nation there can be
no question. Macauley has said that ''men
eminent in learning, in craftsmanship, in
war, are not fully appreciated by their con-
Iemporaries; but that posterity does not
fail to award them full Justice" A greater
than Macauley has said: "A prophet is not
without honor save in his own country"
1t is difficult for those who havenot had the
special advantages of the schools in early
life to gain q reputation for mental culture
and intellectual attachments, but it is sufff-
Gent to say that whatever position Logan
he was always in the front. If
strong reason, sound Judgment, q capa-
cious and retentive memory, a vigorous
and warm Imagination, and comprehensive
understanding are essential to high
then Logan ranks among
our foremost men. Others are great in
scientific attachments, in the polish of
in the acquisition OF languages;
but who excelled him in the useful informa-
ton Of science and literature and law in
of his country, it's history, it's
resources. it's wants, its possibilities, it's
opes?
Let his vast and we'll chosen library, rich
in all learning, proclaim his love for books.
Like Webster, he had the rare faculty to
extract by instinct the pith OF q volume
that came to his hand. Intellectually his
rivals underestimate him, his friends never
July appreciated him, his admirers never
over-valued him. He was a prodigious
brain worker, indefatigable in application,
bireless in energy. He called upon all
sources of knowledge to aid him in his pur-
pose. His was
LIFE OF INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY.
From his admission to the bar at the age
Of %, to his place in his state legislature,
to his place in Congress and to his position
rs senator, he has left the impression of his
intellect upon the national legislation
Of this country which enters into
It's history for the last twenty-five
years. What great measure OF Congress is
without his honored name? Future gener-
ations will read his speeches with wonder
and admiration, and his great speeches on
the impeachment, on education, on the
army, his eulogy on Thomas, his defense of
Grant, his arraignment of Porter, will be
coko cd oSorf,1l f0rop oio fS
In all his legislative life he was never
crushed IN debate.
Some men have the flower of language;
Logan had the flower of thought. He had
the elcquence of logic, and could raise
metaphor into argument. He resembled
not so much the beautiful river whose
broad stream winds through rich and
varied scenery, but that which cuts deep
and rapid channel through rugged rocks
and frowning wilds leaving the impress OF
it's power in the productiveness through
which it passes which, but for it, would re-
main desolate and barren. His was not
the music of the organ with its varied
stops and minRling harmonies, but rather
the sound of the trumpet, waxing louder
and louder, piercing the eaverns OF the
earth and resounding through the encircling
heavens. It is venerable saying OF scrip
ture that the ''day of mans death is bet
ter than the day of his birth" When in
the stiffness of the holy Sabbath. his noble
soul left our presence, Logan was the
foremost statesman of the mighty West.
And hereafter and forever Illinois will have
her illustrious trinity ofnational greatness:
Lincoln, greatest of statesmen; Grant;
greatest OF professional soldiers; Logan,
the greatest volunteer general produced by
this country.
But wherein consists that strange charm
of his personality that falls upon our
spirits to-day like a holy enehantment?
Whence the magic spell OF his presence?
Whence the secret Of the power OF that one
life upon fifty millions of people? Is it
sufficient to say that his parentage was
that his intellect was rich in it's
acquired treasures. that he was the
FOREMOST STATESMAN OF THE WEST?
Is it sufficient to say that he was great
soldier who proved himself equal to every
that he was never defeated. that
he defeated defeat and achieved victory
when all seemed lost. that from Belmont
to Atlanta, and from Savannah to when,
at the head of the victorious Army of the
Tennessee he marched through the
avenues of the capital OF a redeemed
country, he gave evidences of his martial
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